>>6197095This could be the beginning of something interesting. Reigns can basically say whatever he wants now because WWE isn't gonna do a hatchet job on a cancer victim (WOO WOO WOO you know it) so he can basically say whatever he wants.

>>6197133Im surprised WWE is letting this shit fly but I guess Ronda's getting the Brock treatment where she can say and do whatever she wants without repercussions but WWE is going with it and trying to blur the lines between kayfabe and shoot.

>>6197095Been saying this for years. You can divide the year into quarters, or perhaps just the non-Mania part of the year because everyone wants to work that and they need everyone on deck. Groups of A, B, C, D and each one takes a quarter off, or maybe even just 2 months or whatever, then alternate. Physically healthier and gives fans time to miss them, keeping their characters fresh, create new match ups, give more shine to some under card guys, etc. It's not going to happen though.

>>6197095All you gotta do is give stars 2 months off a year with pay and rotate them so there is always some big names available. If 2 months isn't enough time to heal up and refresh then you shouldn't have been wrestling in that condition anyway.

>Ronda's gimmick now is that she breaks kayfabe;>So her breaking the 4th wall is is still technically keping kayfabe to her new gimmick;>She would only be breaking kayfabe if she actually didn't do this, because its her gimmick within kayfabe to do so;>wrestling being a work is now part of kayfabe;>yfw wrestling is a shoot now somehow.

>>6197399Surely they mean being homophobic is irrational and you can use it to make an unapologetic straight up heel as opposed to a shades of grey sympathetic heel. At least i hope that's what they mean

>>6197503Hm, interesting. Didn't know you had to be a hardcore WWE fan to see tweets of their wrestlers posted in this thread and retweeted by other people you follow on twitter. You're definitely not a moronic and spastic incel.

>>6197746i've yet to listen to last night's WOR, but i'm guessing either some twitter snitch took an out-of-context clip regarding Roman's illness to her, or that whole bit from a couple of nights ago of Dave not seeming to get the idea that Roman's bits on Dwayne's new movie and that Nickelodeon show would have been maybe a week of shooting total

>>6197757Bullshit it's not. The guy always does shit like this to discredit Dave.Yes Dave was wrong but they're acting like he said the cancer was fake, he just got his treatment wrong.Who gives a fuck? Roman is still fine, that's all that matters.Tired of this witch-hunt shit of twisting people's words

>>6197768She, close relation to family member who has cancer and whose diagnosis and treatment is getting constantly dissected by third party journalists and his minions of followers: insecure

You and others, frothing at the mouth at any even slight criticism of your favorite pro wrestling writer and journalist: not insecure

ok

fwiw I don't think Meltzer did anything overtly wrong here and it's mostly an overreaction, though he should have walked back what he said and I'm glad he did. The MDF has asperger's though so they can't see the nuance in any of this.

>>6197781Roman said that he took oral chemo and Dave said he didn't. Dave later admitted he was wrong. And Dave attempted to imply something because Roman filmed stuff for Hobbs and Shaw during his time off.You are an idiot.

>So many fucking gobshites dogpiling on Meltzer even though he was trying to make the point that just because Roman wasn't showing the expected signs of Chemotherapy doesn't give any credibility to the theory he wasn't sick. Most people think of chemotherapy as being incredibly harsh on the body unlike the TKIs Roman was probably on.

>The point he was making was that Roman wasn't on the traditional chemotherapeutic agents that devastate you and the ones Mark Markerson on Twitter instantly assumes.

>It's pretty fucking obvious that some people smell blood in the water here and want to use this to attack Dave by taking him out on context just like with Peyton.

>>6197781Meltzer is hardly reporting objective facts. He's trying to poke holes in Roman's story for the sake of "journalism," and is essentially dog-whistling that Roman lied about his cancer treatment and the severity of his diagnosis.

>>6197828were people doubting Roman because of him doing some filming?I personally knew a guy that had stage 4 colon and liver cancer, and while on the standard chemo/radiation treatments he still went to work 40 hours a week as a technician at a printing press, not exactly easy labor.and he was just an average guy.

Cancer, and the subsequent treatments, affect people differently. not everything is universal.but it's not exactly shocking that Roman Reigns, a guy that does strenuous workouts constantly and was already used to a very hectic lifestyle and schedule, can still be able to do something as simple as act in a couple small parts in a film/show for a few weeks.

>>6197863Yes, Dave was longtime friends with Bruno, he appeared on WOR lots of times over the years. But that smug shit who has likely never seen a single match of Bruno's has to pretend to play white knight to pad out his anti-Meltzer tweet for more little hearts.

>>6197863dave and bruno were good mates, his reasoning was he believes Bruno wouldn't want his death to be mourned with absolute lies like the MSG shit, he still said he had an incredibly impressive number but it wasn't as egregious as what came out

Can someone post the exact observer issue or WOR where he said something to the tune of "Roman is faking cancer"? The gist of what I've heard Meltzer saying is that he has/had no clue what type of cancer he had and some are harsher than others.

>>6198035It was back when Bayley was on NXT with her call-up imminent, said WWE needed to push her hot out of the gate as she wasn't that young and her appeal with little girls would diminish the longer she fucked around doing nothing. I don't remember him using the term "mom's friends" at all, probably more wholesale bullshit from a shit-stirrer, but he was concerned she couldn't be a female Cena-type if she got too old. Of course it retrospect none of that matters as she became another midcard shitter immediately.

>>6198046Yes it's a traditional ceremony in Japan. In the past the pubic hair would be displayed on a noticeboard outside the family home. You rarely see that these days except in very rural areas, but in recent years many women in urban areas have revived the tradition using social media.

TBF, Dave did have Kenny on Observer back in January 2017 to talk about "if he would stay with NJPW or go to WWE" and then when it came out that he had a long term deal with NJPW that wasn't even expiring, Dave said "he was never going to WWE"

It was that he allowed Kenny to use his Observer platform to continue the work of "will he jump to WWE?" knowing that it was a work and never a real contract negotiation.

>>6198343Missy needs to have a podcast so her level headed takes on wrestling can be out there to dilute all the vitriol and extreme black/white reactionary shit that goes on in wrestling discourse these days.

>TAMPA — It may look like mayhem in the ring, but when it comes to the brand, World Wrestling Entertainment doesn't leave much to chance.

>Check out the list of "WWE Do's and Don'ts" given to local officials before this week’s news conference announcing that***WrestleMania 36 will come to Raymond James Stadium on April 5, 2020:

> When referring to our talent, we ask that you refer to them as WWE Superstars both for the men and women and NOT as “professional wrestlers.”

>As of March 2016, our female Superstars are NO longer referred to as WWE Divas, so please call them WWE Superstars.

• Please refer to our company as WWE and NOT World Wrestling Entertainment.

>Please do not refer to our company as “the WWE,” but rather just “WWE.”

>Please do NOT use the term “professional wrestling,” instead using WWE or Sports Entertainment to describe our brand (E.G. "We have many WWE fans in the Tampa area" or "I have always been a fan of sports entertainment.”)

>The WWE Championship or WWE Title are appropriate names for the title. It is not called a “belt” or a “strap.”

But realistically wwe is really a small fish in a big pond novelty in media so what are the chances even the most local of news reporters are gonna be like lol get fucked and use whatever terminology they want and wwe just accepting it because it's either this or no publicity.

>>6198402I'm in close enough range that my media job might want me to do a blurb on it on Monday, bet your ass I'm using pro wrestling when I describe it. Probably "A big pro wrestling show coming to the area, The WWE with their "wrestlemania", bringing big name pro wrestlers like XX who's expected to challenge for the XX belt..."

>>6198368Am I reading this right in that they're sending this to media outlets promoting the show? Do they really think they can convince people in Tampa they haven't paid a dime to say "I have always been a fan of sports entertainment”? That's nuts.

>>6198368I was in Tampa a few years ago and in their local newspaper they had an article just like this explaining some key wrestling terms like Card. IWC, Sandbag and other wrestling events in the area.

One of the main headlines was how Bayley was ready to defend her title

>>6199509I'm curious as to what you think the proper response for him to have to this is.Cos he has her dead to rights for being a dump hypocrite. Which is what a babyface should point out a heel is doing right?

I don't know, the Nation and/or the 1997 version of the Hart Foundation might be the only ways Owen will ever get in.

That way, they wouldn't even have to spend a significant portion of the speech talking about Owen and can just basically add his name to the list of inductees, like how they do with those in the Legacy Wing of the HoF.

Remind us which promotion houses the likes of Baron Corbin, Titus O'Neal, No Way Jose, Dana Brooke, Nia Jax, Tamina, and the Dead Meme B Team? And these are just names I'm naming from what I saw recently on Mondays, I'm not even covering other parts of the roster.

>Everybody on Twatter falls for this immediately>Source is a interview on Impact's Twitch stream anybody can view in a minute

He was talking about shoot fighting. Why the fuck is everyone so retarded? What happened to the days when someone would post some made-up bullshit, we'd all go "lol wrestlinginc/lol rajah" and move on?

>>6200923Probably because Pro Wrestling Sheet have (deliberately?) immmediately muddied the waters by using the verb "wrestling" (suggesting to the reader pro wrestling) rather than the verb "fighting" (which suggests MMA or boxing to the reader).

>>6200912Well he's a boomer, pro tip dont assume sports stars are automatically wise nuanced people you just set yourself up for dissapointment. Like how manny paquiao is a mark for the dictator of the phillipines or randy "best stand for the flag boy" orton

1) Just saying something shitty like that2) He seems to either not understand where Tama Tonga is from, or doesn't understand where Tonga is.3) He decided to say something shitty about HAKU'S ADOPTED SON WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

yeah, turns out he might be innocent. He says that he doesn't even have a twitter, and a few other wrestlers have come forward to confirm he has never used twitter in his life and in fact hates social media. So it may be that some asshat made a fake account to try to frame him for some reason.

>>6201161Anyone who's been to a bar knows how hectic it gets. "Can't get waited on" is code word for "I don't understand why the bartender won't ignore the 12 other people at the bar and serve me instead."

>Bartending during Mania weekend so probably a shit ton of people>Dickhead is probably yelling out for his shot of Jack from the moment he got in>Bartender has to deal with others and still gets his drink

Just don't tip, him. Don't give him fake bills and shit. As a former wage/food-service guy through college, I've dealt with dickheads like him and usually it ended up with them getting thrown the fuck out.

I bet JBL unironically rants about entitled millenials while pulling shit like this.Reminder he has legit diagnosed brain damage in the from of CTE. So be careful siding with the brain damaged guy for the sake of epic irony. A bad look tbh.

>>6201309Hey how about you go fuck yourself and try to tip people for once and not defend ome rich professional wrestler who is a known fucking prick who cheaped out on a bill and tipped a bartender fake bills because he wasn't served right away at a bar during wrestlemania weekend. That server had to pay out of his own pocket to cover the MASSIVE precentage taken from that huge JBL shit bill to give to the kitchen and other employees because most tips are pooled.

I agree tips should be abolished but if they are then bartenders should be paid more then UNDER minimum wage you fucking piece of shit.

If you can't afford to tip bartenders then don't go out. If you think they should be abolished that's fine but it's no excuse to NOT TIP PEOPLE. That;s not how you protet this. Fucking retards making struggling poor people struggle more because you didn't get your drink fast enough while you're drunk as hit begging for the most perfect service you have ever gotten because you have a fucking pacifier in your mouth while your rich mother fingers your butthole before chiggen nuggy time.

>>6201146The only way this wouldn't be a dick move would be if he padded these with a few real hunnits and knew the barternder/server was a fan. Although if it was at a Wrestlemania after party odds are it was probably some kid fresh outta college trying to supplement his unpaid internship in the work field of their dreams.

>>6201472No. It's not. You not tipping people becaues you believe it should be abolished is not going change the system that is currently being used. All it does is make some poor person have to pay out of pocket for your cheap ass. It should be noted that every time you don't tip someone the entire bar and kitchen staff are watching you and insulting you the entire time you are there and if you ever come back everyone will remember you as the prick who didn't tip.

If you don't think it should be used anymore then write to congress or start a petition or some shit. Don't just cheap out on people randomly.

>>6201593Not really. All those people are working their ass off all day and night to make a restaurant work properly and then some smug shit stain walks in and orders a bunch of food and drinks and doesn't tip them. The bartender then has to pay out of pocket to cover the tip pay outs to the kitchen. It makes you a cunt.

I understand not wanting to tip people because its a pain in the ass and we should have a system where everyone in the front and back of house is paid fairly and it should correlate to how busy/difficult the job is but sadly we don't. Instead the system was created back in the slave day and has carried through until now. So servers are paid under minimum wage and have to pay out of pocket to tip out the percentage that is allotted to the tip pool. Before I worked in the restaurant business I used to think like some of you and be really ignorant towards tipping people. Now I see that I was a piece of shit for being like that. The only time not tipping at a restaurant is okay is if it's a country where everyone is paid fairly, they fucked up your order horribly or they were actually being a piece of shit to you the whole time for no reason. Otherwise you're being a cheap bastard who shouldn't have gone out in the first place.

>>6201598>>6201599>>6201600Get stiffed much? I get that it's customary, but it's still complimentary. I'm a generous tipper, but whiners like you make me sympathetic to those who don't do it and make me feel justified when I don't tip a shitty server. The food service industry doesn't get to decide how anyone uses their money or souvenir JBL fun bucks.

>>6201676I kinda get a feeling he might have something going on or gone through some trauma understandble knowing his family situation. There was a point where his social media was nothing but #benoitforhof

>>6201676I think it's the dark circles on his eyes. Just makes him seem off....As for AEW bound did he ever finish training? I know a few guys offered to train him while he was doing the "continue my dad's legacy and clear the Benoit name" schtick, but last I heard he was a no show.

>>6201761WWE has done smaller venues in the past. I remember them having house shows near me. I know they ran shows from '09-'13 at the place. The place is mostly used for horse shows. I thought people knew that WWE has shows at small venues..oh wells

>>6201737Im looking on cagematch and thats a place they ran house shows at during the first brand split, and now they've done one Smackdown house show at it each year since the new brand split started.

>>6201934It wasn't her idea to do the irish dancing jig if I recall. Her pitched gimmick was that weird thing where she'd be a raver girl with a bunch of glowsticks and shit, which admittedly was a bad gimmick too.

>>6201942What in the fuck is this nonsense lmao. She is a raver/professor? Why is she rhyming everything? She writes your name in the book? Like Jerichos list? This is such a clusterfuck of gimmicks. It's like a child who has never watched wrestling.

IM A TEACHER AND A DANCER WITH GLOWSTICKS AND I HAVE A BOOK FOR THE BAD GUYS AND A RHYME EVERYTHING

>>6201922not that i disagree with you about fans of WWE, but sometimes i think it wouldn't matter if WWE had quality programming to some people because its more about hating the mainstream than hating how shitty it gets.

I've seen people say they hate NXT even though they admitted it was good. just because WWE was involved.

The reality is that she had a cup of coffee at impact a few times, was part of what we can safely say is the dark ages of the Women of Honor division (we're arguably still there tbh), and I don't think Deonna was ever really a "star" in any promotion she worked for. Sure, it's not cool to chant "Marty Scurll" at her, but the part where she says those people don't "deserve" to see her is just...wew, they're not missing much by not seeing you, girl.

>>6201091In fairness, I'd probably do that if I saw Joey Ryan's dick. Like, I'm fine with the flipping and other such shit, but to me at least, he's not exactly great looking, fair play, dude might have a nice looking dick, but if it looks owt like him, then I can't blame the lass.

>>6201937I dunno why WWE are so intent on going full Russo with this angle. Just have Ronda remind everyone she was UFC champ and she can fuck people up like Brock does. If you wanna do the whole worked shoot angle, you need to be more subtle and play on the assumption the fans have that Ronda might go into business for herself, since she has a history of erratic behavior, rather than going full "RONDA DIDN'T FOLLOW THE SCRIPT."

Do fuck off, you don't have time to scan and verify your tips, you just trust your customer to be a decent fucking person.

Also, this re-enforces my belief that JBL is an awful cunt, I could excuse low-level talent on a budget for pulling this shit, but fucking WWE Champ JBL? You have enough money to make that dudes fucking month, and you chose to fuck him over? you're a cunt of the highest order.

No, you tip people for good service, not because it's expected and it tops up their wage so they can afford to live.

Sound bartender? tip him, buy him a drink, whatever, Good Waitress? Drop her a few sheets, no bother. Just don't expect to be a sullen arsehole and still get your fucking "gratuity" because fuck you, you wanna chase me down the street for your fucking tip? well how about you act as interested in writing my order down correctly then you dipshit?

NONE of these situations should effect a minimum wage, tips should be a reward, not a necessity.